Boeing
XTB-1 A-7024
Only three TB-1s
were built. The prototype seen above was augmented with two
production air-
craft. It
was a 1927 design for a US Navy torpedo bomber which could be either
carrier or shore
based.
When fitted with wheels, the aircraft had an odd four-main-wheel
arrangement, each leg
having two wheels in
parallel (required for the weight of the centrally slung
torpedo). Power was
supplied by a 730
h.p. Packard 3A-2500 water cooled engine. Note
bombardier's window for-
ward of the
leading edge.